United States

MULTIRACIAL PROFILE

The 2000 Census questionnaire was the first to allow respondents to select more than one race.
Nationwide, approximately 2.4 percent of the population, over 6.8 million Americans, marked an identification with two or more races.

As is the case with many racial and ethnic groups, the multiracial population is not evenly distributed across the country. Hawaii has the largest multiracial population with 24.1 percent of its population identifying with two or more races. Alaska follows a distant second with 5.4 percent identifying as multiracial. The five least multiracial states (Mississippi, West Virginia, Maine, Alabama and South Carolina) all have multiracial populations of less than 1 percent.

For more on the geography of the U.S. multiracial population, see our multiracial map.

Number of Races Selected

Number

Percent of Total

Percent of Multiracial

Two Races

6,368,075

2.26%

93.29%

Three Races

410,285

0.15%

6.01%

Four Races

38,408

0.01%

0.56%

Five Races

8,637

0.00%

0.13%

Six Races

823

0.00%

0.01%

Multiple Race Combinations by Frequency

Rank

Multiple Race Selection

Number

Percent of Total Population

Percent of Multiple Race Population

1.

White and Some Other Race

2,206,251

0.78%

32.32%

2.

White and American Indian

1,082,683

0.38%

15.86%

3.

White and Asian

868,395

0.31%

12.72%

4.

White and Black

784,764

0.28%

11.50%

5.

Black and Some Other Race

417,249

0.15%

6.11%

6.

Asian and Some Other Race

249,108

0.09%

3.65%

7.

Black and American Indian

182,494

0.06%

2.67%

8.

Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

138,802

0.05%

2.03%

9.

White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

112,964

0.04%

1.65%

10.

White and Black and American Indian

112,207

0.04%

1.64%

11.

Black and Asian

106,782

0.04%

1.56%

12.

American Indian and Some Other Race

93,842

0.03%

1.37%

13.

White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

89,611

0.03%

1.31%

14.

American Indian and Asian

52,429

0.02%

0.77%

15.

White and Black and Some Other Race

43,172

0.02%

0.63%

16.

Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race

35,108

0.01%

0.51%

17.

White and Asian and Some Other Race

34,962

0.01%

0.51%

18.

Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

29,876

0.01%

0.44%

19.

White and American Indian and Some Other Race

29,095

0.01%

0.43%

20.

White and American Indian and Asian

23,766

0.01%

0.35%

21.

White and Black and Asian

21,166

0.01%

0.31%

22.

White and Black and American Indian and Asian

10,672

0.00%

0.16%

23.

White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race

8,364

0.00%

0.12%

24.

Black and Asian and Some Other Race

8,069

0.00%

0.12%

25.

White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race

7,932

0.00%

0.12%

26.

American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

7,328

0.00%

0.11%

27.

Black and American Indian and Some Other Race

7,023

0.00%

0.10%

28.

White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

6,611

0.00%

0.10%

29.

White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

6,450

0.00%

0.09%

30.

Black and American Indian and Asian

5,798

0.00%

0.08%

31.

Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

5,309

0.00%

0.08%

32.

White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

4,843

0.00%

0.07%

33.

White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race

4,645

0.00%

0.07%

34.

Non- Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race

4,604

0.00%

0.07%

35.

American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

3,063

0.00%

0.04%

36.

White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

2,938

0.00%

0.04%

37.

American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race

2,544

0.00%

0.04%

38.

Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race

2,167

0.00%

0.03%

39.

White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

2,128

0.00%

0.03%

40.

White and Black and Asian and Some Other Race

1,376

0.00%

0.02%

41.

White and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race

1,099

0.00%

0.02%

42.

Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race

1,082

0.00%

0.02%

43.

Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

998

0.00%

0.01%

44.

White and Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

988

0.00%

0.01%

45.

White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race

823

0.00%

0.01%

46.

Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

750

0.00%

0.01%

47.

White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race

724

0.00%

0.01%

48.

White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race

639

0.00%

0.01%

49.

American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race

586

0.00%

0.01%

50.

White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race

379

0.00%

0.01%

51.

Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race

334

0.00%

0.00%

52.

White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race

325

0.00%

0.00%

53.

White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race

309

0.00%

0.00%

54.

Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race

216

0.00%

0.00%

55.

American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race

207

0.00%

0.00%

56.

Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race

111

0.00%

0.00%

57.

White and Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race